WORSHIP & EVENTS
Help us make this a HUGE success! Have you invited a friend to come with you? For more information, click here
October 29th, 9:30am
“Home Sweet Home”
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Meeting ID: 254 441 229
Previous services can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/@brooksideUCC
Check your email for new opportunities to help on Sunday mornings, in addition to hosting coffee hour
ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL FOR BETSY BROOME - tonight 10/25 at 7pm
This is the final step before ordination as the New Jersey Association gathers and asks questions and then votes on whether Betsy is ready to be ordained.
click here for a link to read Betsy's paper
If you can, please come in person to Brookside Church at 6:45pm, and stay after for food and fellowship (if you arrive after 7pm, please go directly to the fellowship hall).
Otherwise, please join via zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7478888349
We will honor All Saints Day on Sunday November 5th during our morning worship service. If you have a loved one who passed away in the last year to be included in the memorial slideshow, please send an email with their name, a photo, their date of birth, and their date of passing - office@brooksidechurch.org - by November 1st.
Brookside Church Pop-Up groups
Hiking
Join us as a group hikes at the Black River County Park on Saturday November 11 at 9:15 am. Meet at the Cooper Gristmill Parking lot (66 'old' Route 24 Chester NJ - west of Alstede Farm). The trail runs between the mill and the Kay Environmental Center, a 4.6 mile loop. Most of the hike is relatively level, with one uphill section climbing towards the Kay Center.
All are welcome- bring your children, family, and friends. Dogs need to be leashed. We would appreciate it if you would let us know if you are coming simply so that we can contact you if there are any changes to plans (bad weather etc.).
You can text Pat Behnke at 973-580-4659 or Mark Texel 201-919-2311
Garden Tour
Please join us for a trip to Willowwood Arboretum on Wednesday, November 8 at 1 pm. Meet at the parking lot at Willowwood, 300 Longview Rd, Chester Township.
After the Library’s program about Seward Johnson and his sculptures, it seemed an appropriate first “Pop-Up group” garden trip. Hopefully the weather will be cooperative and we can enjoy the gardens, sculptures and a late fall afternoon. Please let the office know if you can attend so we know who to look for at Willowwood. Need a ride? Let us know!
FAITH IN ACTION
You’re Invited to our Open House!
Thursday, November 16, 3:00 - 6:00 PM.
347 S. Salem Street, Victory Gardens, NJ
Almost 40 years ago we opened our doors, serving warm meals to neighbors in Morristown. Over the years, our work, our family, and the support of our community have grown to create something special– and something to expand across Morris County. Thanks to the generosity of our friends and partners, we have turned a dream into reality; The Grand Opening of our newest location, serving the Victory Gardens and Dover communities.
INTEGRATED SPIRITUALITY
Brookside 5Rhythms® Fall series, MOVE. WRITE. CONNECT continues THIS FRIDAY, October 27 in Scialla Hall from 10:00-11:30AM. Drop ins are welcome.
This week we will move with the first Rhythm of Flowing, which teaches us the gift of being grounded. Journal writing and partner exercises will help us embody this principle more fully.
For more details and to register, click here.
In our Hearts, In our Prayers:
The prayers shared aloud on Sunday morning*
Those who are in the process of healing, especially John S (spouse of Jack M)
Those who mourn, especially the family and friends of Joan S., including her spouse Bob.
Those impacted by natural & humanmade disasters in Israel & Palestine, Ukraine, Libya, Morocco, Maui, and other sites around the world.
Those who are caregivers
Those who feel broken in body, mind, or spirit
Those in times of discernment and change
Our leaders, our communities, our nation
*Prayers shared on Sunday morning are NOT published here, except by explicit request. If you would like a prayer included in @Brookside, please email office@brooksidechurch.org